| blog
Mini Grants/Funding Opportunity!!!
posted by ypc | October 19, 2010YPC knows youth have great ideas that can create positive change in the community! But sometimes it’s hard to find the resources to help get your idea off the ground. So… are you a young person with a great project idea for your school, community, neighborhood and need just a couple of hundred dollars to make it happen? Vancouver Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Council is excited to announce a new (and quicker) way for youth-led projects to get some funding. We would like to invite you to come out to the YPC Mini Grants workshop day. All the details are below. We encourage you to RSVP by e-mailing Nicole at nicolem@vancouverfoundation.ca
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Date: Saturday, October 30, 2010
Time: noon - 4pm (from noon to 2pm: YPC members will be there to help you out and you can sign up for a time in the afternoon to pitch your idea)
(from 2 to 4pm: pitch your idea to YPC… kinda like a 5-7 minute presentation about what you want to do and why you want to do it)
Location: Roundhouse Community Centre which is located at 181 Roundhouse Mews. The best way to get there is take the Canada Line skytrain and get off at Roundhouse Station.
FUNDING GUIDELINES
Who can apply?
-Youth between 12 to 24 who live, work, play, volunteer or go to school in Vancouver
-Youth applicants must partner with a non-profit organization or school. If you’re not connected to a community organization, give us a shout and we can help.
How much and for what?
-Mini grants are up to a maximum of $500
-Projects should address 1 of the 4 priority areas identified in the Youth Vital Signs report.
These 4 areas are: 1) Poverty 2) Youth Housing & Homelessness 3) Safety 4) Going Green
We encourage you to check out the Youth Vital Signs report online at www.youthvitalsigns.ca to learn more about these 4 areas, find out what organizations are doing work in each area and maybe get some inspiration for your project.
What YPC CAN’T fund:
-student exchanges or trips to conferences
-third party fundraising (this means we can’t give you funding so you can then donate the money back to another organization)
-retroactive funding (if your project already happened or took place a while ago and you’re looking for some funding to recover the costs, sorry, we can’t do that)
-office equipment or furniture (this includes purchasing computers or laptops)
-registration fees for conferences, events or extracurricular activities
-school field trips
-amatuer and school sports teams
-activities of religious organizations that serve primarily their membership and/or are for direct religious purposes
-paying yourself
-mini grants are NOT “party” grants
If you still have questions after reading all of this, no worries, just pop us an email at: ypc@vancouverfoundation.ca. We’re here to support you so don’t be shy!
SEE YOU ON OCTOBER 30th!
